Problems in the voting process during the first round of Jakarta’s Local Election should never be repeated in the second round. Many people demand The Election Commission (KPU) of Jakarta to evaluate and improve three aspects of its performance: preparation …

Indonesia’s 2017 Local Elections is still very much infested with money politics violations. The Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) finds 78 electoral violations where 36 percent of them are money politics-related. “Majority of penal violations in local elections are …

In this year’s Jakarta Local Election, many voters complaint that they cannot vote because they haven’t receive any information on what to do if they are not already registered in Voters’ List. Many voters who already got their electronic-Residents Identification …

The Chairperson of Healthy Soul Association (PJS), Yenny Rosa Damayanti, says there are 2.900 voters with mental disability at mental institution Panti Laras 1, Panti Laras 2, Panti Laras 3, and Panti Laras 4, who cannot vote in Jakarta’s local …

A staff from the Monitoring Division of the Election Monitoring Body (Bawaslu), Abdul Gofur, during a public discussion titled “Violent Cases in 2017 Local Elections in Special Areas” says that the government need to put more attention to the implementation …

Mainstream national media have almost forgotten about local elections in Aceh Province, even though Aceh, alongside with West Papua, is two of many electoral areas with high Election Susceptibility-to-Violence Index (IKP). There are many physical violence cases in Aceh. According …

Reserved seats or blocking seats policy is recommended by a member of the Special Committee for the new Elections Bill from People’s Conscience Party (Hanura) and supported by four other members from different parties. These members argue reserved seats policy …

The Special Committee for the new Elections Law Bill invites four new political parties to a hearing session. Those parties are Indonesia Solidarity Party (PSI), Indonesia Unity Party (Perindo), Working Party, and Idaman Party. All four parties demands the erasure …

During a hearing session regarding the new elections law bill at the House of Representatives, a member of the Special Committee for the new Elections Law Bill from the People’s Conscience Party (Hanura), Rufinus Hutauruk, proposes to the members of …

Go Forward Indonesian Women (MPI) proposes the government to establish a regulation to disqualify any political party that fails to fulfill the 30 percent quota for women from its participation in election in the electoral area. This regulation, according to …